She has earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Roma Tre (Italy), to which the European Doctoral Fellowship was applied.She holds an M.A. in Gender Studies, Director of the Program: Prof. Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University (Holland).

Dr. Ferrando is an Award-Winning Philosopher. She is the recipient of the Philosophical Prize "Premio Sainati", with the Acknowledgment of the President of the Italian Republic, 2014.

Dr. Ferrando has repeatedly been a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University (US).She has also been an Independent Researcher at the University of Reading (England), working on Cyborg Theory with Prof. Kevin Warwick.

Dr. Ferrando has been named one of the 100 Top Creativesmaking change in the world by ‘ORIGIN’ magazine.